stream_to_file() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the stream_to_file() function in _response.py from the anthropic-sdk-python codebase.

Function python AnthropicClient AsyncAPI calls 2 called by 1

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graph TD
  ea69a70a_bcb1_501c_f2ae_a116ad0240b0["stream_to_file()"]
  1e05fa32_6973_27e0_169a_cacbee0b3fd7["StreamedBinaryAPIResponse"]
  ea69a70a_bcb1_501c_f2ae_a116ad0240b0 -->|defined in| 1e05fa32_6973_27e0_169a_cacbee0b3fd7
  75908e93_44b8_03f4_f643_bd225d9c2df9["stream_to_file()"]
  75908e93_44b8_03f4_f643_bd225d9c2df9 -->|calls| ea69a70a_bcb1_501c_f2ae_a116ad0240b0
  75908e93_44b8_03f4_f643_bd225d9c2df9["stream_to_file()"]
  ea69a70a_bcb1_501c_f2ae_a116ad0240b0 -->|calls| 75908e93_44b8_03f4_f643_bd225d9c2df9
  27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08["iter_bytes()"]
  ea69a70a_bcb1_501c_f2ae_a116ad0240b0 -->|calls| 27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08
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Source Code

src/anthropic/_response.py lines 566–578

    def stream_to_file(
        self,
        file: str | os.PathLike[str],
        *,
        chunk_size: int | None = None,
    ) -> None:
        """Streams the output to the given file.

        Accepts a filename or any path-like object, e.g. pathlib.Path
        """
        with open(file, mode="wb") as f:
            for data in self.iter_bytes(chunk_size):
                f.write(data)